FYI: If you’re looking for information on the issue for the New Weekly Challenge and the Christmas Trees Slightly Irregular, go to the post below…
Christmas Trees Slightly Irregular Week 3 Challenge Bug (FIXED 12/22)
Hey there Christmas Hams!
With all the cool new stuff that just hit our silly lil games for Act 2, I figured it may be helpful to give you an idea of just how much help and beneficial upgrading some of the New “Locations” will be to you.
Let’s dive on in and take a look at the Upgrades and tasks for the Exotic Petting Zoo & Reindeer Burger Truck.
KNOWN “ISSUES”
Here is a quick look at the main concerns I was seeing on these Attractions.
- If you get to the Tasks and the “DO IT” option doesn’t show up, force close & restart your device. This should help resolve it.
- Another thing to note, when you are sending MORE Characters on a task than what is needed… do NOT collect on the Task until every single one of those Characters are done and you have the Thumbs Up to clear them. The reason for this is once you hit that amount, the Task is done and closes out. (So if it says 3 and you send 6, wait until all 6 are done as it will clear out as soon as the 3 are met.) So if you clear the Task BEFORE the “extras” are done, you will not get paid out for the Tasks as it seems to cancel it right away. (At least that is what I noticed in my game.)
For more information on the Event, go to the Event Page HERE.
For more information on Act 2 Basics, go the the Rundown post HERE
For more information on the Main Questline for Act 2, go HERE
HOW CAN I FIND THE ATTRACTIONS ONCE BUILT?
In order to gain access to any Attraction, you can use your Event Menu to go directly to their locations (just like the Snowman & Gingerbread House). Just tap on the Trophy Icon in the Lower Right Area of your game screen…
Then locate the House w/Magnifying Glass Icon Tab and open it…
Find the “Attraction” you want to locate and tap on “GO TO”. You will then be taken to that Attraction.
Now on to the fun stuffs. 🙂
EXOTIC PETTING ZOO
Building: Exotic Petting Zoo
Size: 10X10
Build Time: Instant
Conform-O-Meter: Vanity +50
Placement: Grass/Pavement/Beach/Boardwalk/Boardwalk Edge/Pier/Pier Edge
Earns: 32 
Mistletoe every 8hrs (once complete with Level 3)
The Questline to trigger the build for the Exotic Petting Zoo will start right at the beginning of Act 2. First you will need to have Lisa free to start the An Unwanted Kiss Task. Then once it is complete , you will need to have Homer free to start Once In Royal Quimby’s City Pt. 1. From there you will now start into the process of getting the Exotic Petting Zoo. Once you complete Pt. 1, you will be prompted to start Building the Exotic Petting Zoo for FREE! Woohoo!
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT LEVEL I AM ON?
Once you locate and tap on the Exotic Pettting Zoo you will be able to see what Level you are currently on, the Tasks you have not got to yet greyed out with a lock on them, Tasks you completed with “Done” next to them, and the current Task available highlighted with “Do It” next to it. You can also see the Donut cost of speeding through it all and just leveling right up. I personally would suggest to avoid this. Not only does it cost you donuts, but you also lose out on possible extra Mistletoe from completing the tasks.
WHAT IS REQUIRED EACH LEVEL?
Let’s take a closer look at the individual requirements for the Exotic Petting Zoo that will take you through Leveling it up and gaining the much needed Mistletoe for Act 2. Keep in mind that every Task on each Level has to be completed in sequence. This means you have to finish the first Task in order to unlock the second one.
Level 1:
Build the Exotic Petting Zoo- Instant
Make Willie Shovel Dung- 60sec, Earns $4 & 1xp
Completion of Level Earns 675 Mistletoe
Level 2:
Make Seniors Get Distracted By Animals (x4)- 10hrs
Earns 40 Freemium & 60 Premium Character
Freemium Seniors
- Ned
- Grampa Abe
- Brockman
- Agnes
- Burns
Premium Seniors
- Hans Moleman
- Chester Lampwick
Make Youngsters Chase Weird Animals (x4)- 4hrs
Earns 16 Freemium & 24 Premium Character
Freemium Youngsters
- Lisa
- Milhouse
- Bart
- Martin
- Nelson
Premium Youngsters
- Uter
- Jimbo
Make Dimwits Look the Word “Exotic” (x4)- 6hrs
Earns 24 Freemium & 36 Premium Character
Freemium Dimwits
- Homer
- Cletus
- Sea Captain
- Wiggum
- Ralphie
- Lenny
Premium Dimwits
- Duffman
- Dr. Nick
Completion of Level Earns 1010 Mistletoe
Level 3:
Make Moe Paint Up Pandas to Look Like Koalas- 10hrs, 40 Mistletoe
Make Brainiacs Dress Up Lizards (x8)- 6hrs
Earns 24 Freemium & 36 Premium Character
Freemium Brainiacs
- Lisa
- Skinner
- Martin
- CBG
- Dr Hibbert
- Database
Premium Brainiacs
- Crazy Cat Lady
- Hank Scorpio
Make Entrepreneurs Invest in Animal Costumes (x4)- 4hrs
Earns 16 Freemium & 24 Premium Character
Freemium Entrepreneurs
- Burns
- Apu
- CBG
- Moe
- Luigi
Premium Entrepreneurs
- Guiseppe
- Belle
Completed Level Up Earns 1515 Mistletoe
All together you can earn 3200 Mistletoe from just leveling up to Exotic Petting Zoo Level 3. My suggestion would be to send ALL Characters you can on each task to help get any extra Mistletoe possible.
Completed Exotic Petting Zoo to Level 3: Earns 32 every 8hrs. You can also swap the image to the various 3 Levels. The Zoo looks really funny with the “Exotic Animals” (Sheep- Fluffy Dragon, Reindeer- Peacock Deer, Skunk- North American Koala, Cat- Caticorn, & Pigeons- Pigeon King) outside of it. If you watch it for a bit, they move and do silly lil things.
ADDITIONAL ZOO EXPANSIONS
There are also 3 additional Premium Decorations for the Zoo.
Pig of Paradise Pen- 30 Donuts (complete with Pig, animation moves more when tapped)
Wooly Mammoth Pen- 30 Donuts (complete with Elephant, animation moves more when tapped)
Land Octopus Pen- 35 Donuts (complete with Horse, animation moves more when tapped)
All 3 of these Expansions cracked me up. Again, the “Exotic” Animals just are hilarious to watch. It really was a riot to watch all 3 together with the Exotic Petting Zoo animated.
REINDEER BURGER TRUCK
Building: Reindeer Burger Truck
Size: 7X4
Build Time: Instant
Conform-O-Meter: Vanity +50
Placement: Grass/Pavement/Beach/Boardwalk/Boardwalk Edge/Pier/Pier Edge
Earns: 32 Mistletoe every 8hrs (once complete with Level 3)
While you are going through the Questline for the Exotic Petting Zoo, you will also trigger the Reindeer Burger Truck. Once in a Royal Quimby’s City Pt. 3 will prompt you to build the Reindeer Burger Truck for Free.
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT I LEVEL I AM ON?
Once you locate and tap on the Reindeer Burger Truck you will be able to see what Level you are currently on, the Tasks you have not got to yet greyed out with a lock on them, Tasks you completed with “Done” next to them, and the current Task available highlighted with “Do It” next to it. You can also see the Donut cost of speeding through it all and just leveling right up. I personally would suggest to avoid this. Not only does it cost you donuts, but you also lose out on possible extra Mistletoe from completing the tasks.
WHAT IS REQUIRED EACH LEVEL?
Let’s take a closer look at the individual requirements for the Reindeer Burger Truck that will take you through Leveling it up and gaining the much needed Mistletoe for Act 2. Keep in mind that every Task on each Level has to be completed in sequence. This means you have to finish the first one in order to unlock the second one.
Level 1:
Build the Reindeer Burger Truck- Free, Instant Build
Make Krusty Borrow From the Till- 10hrs, Earns 350 & 90xp
Completion of Level Earns 675 Mistletoe
Level 2:
Make Gluttons Eat Raw Meat (x6)- 4hrs
Earns 16 Freemium & 24 Premium Character
Freemium Gluttons
- Homer
- CBG
- Wiggum
- Quimby
Premium Gluttons
- Barney
Make Dimwits Deliver Reindeer Wings (x5)- 6hrs
Earns 24 Freemium & 36 Premium Character
Freemium Dimwits
- Homer
- Cletus
- Sea Captain
- Wiggum
- Ralphie
- Lenny
Premium Dimwits
- Duffman
- Dr. Nick
Make Pessimists Predict a Reindeer Extinction Event (x8)- 8hrs
Earns 32 Freemium & 48 Premium Character
Freemium Pessimists
- Willie
- CBG
- Reverend Lovejoy
- Moe
- Grampa Abe
Premium Pessimists
- Jasper
- Arnie Pye
Completion of Level Earns 1010 Mistletoe
***You will notice that many of these, even if you have ALL the Characters, you will still need to take 2 times sending them to get the Tasks completed.
Level 3:
Make Kooks Gather Sawdust (x8)- 6hrs
Earns 24 Freemium & 36 Premium Character
Freemium Kooks
- Cletus
- Willie
- Apu
- Krusty
- Sea Captain
Premium Kooks
- Lurleen
- Disco Stu
Make Brainiacs Grow Synthetic Meat (x3)- 8hrs
Earns 32 Freemium & 48 Premium Character
Freemium Brainiacs
- Lisa
- Skinner
- Martin
- CBG
Premium Brainiacs
- Crazy Cat Lady
- Hank Scorpio
Make High Rollers Eat Overpriced Sawdust (x8)- 6hrs
Earns 32 Freemium & 48 Premium Character
Freemium High Rollers
- Burns
- Krusty
- Quimby
- Brockman
- Wolfcastle
Premium High Rollers
- The Rich Texan
- Stacy Lovell
Completed Level Up Earns 1515 Mistletoe
***You will notice that many of these, even if you have ALL the Characters, you will still need to take 2 times sending them to get the Tasks completed.
All together you can earn 3200 Mistletoe from just leveling up to Reindeer Burger Truck Level 3. My suggestion would be to send ALL Characters you can on each task to help get any extra Mistletoe possible.
Completed Reindeer Burger Truck to Level 3: Earns 32 every 8hrs. You can also swap the image to the various 3 Levels.
There you have it. A way to earn at LEAST 6400 Mistletoe for the Christmas 2015 Event just for leveling up two new locations for Act 2. Add to that the Tasks and the Questline completions and you can knock out a huge chunk of Material to get those Personal Prizes. Again, use ALL the Characters possible whenever you can so you get out of the location as much Mistletoe as you can before the Tasks go away and do NOT clear the Task until all of them are finished.
What do you think of the Exotic Petting Zoo? How far are you on it? Like the animations? Did you splurge on the additional 3 Zoo Expansions? How about the Reindeer Burger Truck? Have you placed it yet? What Level are you on? Let us know.
~Bunny
Still won’t let me start the quest 😑
I am on the last upgrade for the reindeer burger truck and sent all the dimwits to eat sawdust twice, but it won’t let me move on to the next level. I am stuck at 7/8
After you finish upgrading the zoo, is the moonshine shack supposed to start? I finished the zoo a day or so ago and have not gotten the shack.
Moonshine shack doesn’t start until you’re at level 3 of the fortress
You’ve got two things to build before the shack.
Weekly task is to craft and place x-mas trees slightly irregular. I already crafted item and won’t allow another. Any idea how to fix this??
Please, please tell me you will be posting Ralph’s dialog after the zoo is complete. With the screen capture graphics too. Absolutely hysterical.
tonflo1
Alissa doesn’t usually post the images too. Remind me after Christmas and I can go find them in the files and maybe pull just Ralphie’s face pics. 😉
If you can do that: Thank you very, much much. It is a riot. Ralph gets the best lines.
tonflo1
Just remind me. Lol
Anyone else having trouble with the game not allowing more than 7 pessimists to engage in a 8 person task?
There are only 7 pessimists total in the entire game. You can’t send 8 people when you only have 7. 😊
Did you have 8 pessimists? Are there 8 pessimists in the list? I think one of the tasks I’m working on (not sure if it’s that one) requires two “sessions” to compete it because it requires more completions than it has characters allowed to do it. These events do that sometimes, intentionally.
Just leveled up to 20 @ my Hot Squishee Station (received my 100 holly). Used the other level ups for previous currency. Did we ever find out if there’s more currency payout past level 20?
Ends at 20
Gotcha. Thanks for the heads up
I sent dimwits to deliver reindeer wings and it gave me the berries but no credit towards the level up. Any thoughts? I had all 7 dimwits on task. I sent them on the task again just now but don’t want to waste the donuts to speed things up.
Hmmmm odd.
Happened to me too, stuck on 6/8! Just sent them all on tasks again…….
Oh except it’s at pessimists predicting reindeer extinction event. Will hard close app before collecting next time?!
I’ve had this happen multiple times with the Reindeer burger stand too. I’m on my 3rd go with stage 3, part 3. At least we still get the holly!
Loving these two building ‘attractions’ if you will. Love the humour in them and just like them in general. I’ve started an ‘entertainment complex’ of the convention centre and petting zoo, and I’m also starting a ‘sports complex’ that houses my tap-ball stadium, ice rink (being a Canuck I couldn’t resist – I’ve been savouring this for 2 years now!), the apple cider stand amongst others. Will probably add the reindeer truck to the sports complex. Once that’s done, I just have to figure out my medical complex (need to find homes for everything). Merry Christmas to the three of you – I don’t comment a lot, but I wanted to thank you for all of your awesome work, long hours and everything you do for us. You’re not thanked often enough and you certainly deserve it. Here’s to an awesome 2016 TSTOAddicts!
Thanks 🙂
I hope we get an Uncle Moe’s façade some day, along with an Unkie Moe costume, and a full-blown event -even a short one- to go with them!
Me too. That’s my favorite episode. “If the Ayatollah can’t have Bart’s soul, no one can”
why is crazy cat lady a brainiac?
On another note, I bought all three zoo expansions, and I love them; they are hilarious! I do, however, find it difficult to place the pig pen because it faces diagonal while everything else is square. So if I were to do it again, I would probably just buy the wooly mammoth and the octopus horse.
I forget which episode told her story, but she’s very intelligent and was very accomplished (a physician of some sort IIRC) before she started amassing her cats and went off the deep end.
“Springfield Up” (S18:E13)
I just got a warning that I’m at 5500 items and my game can become unstable. Is this something to ignore or be careful about? I play on a relatively new phone with lots of gbs free. I’m already getting texture glitches and small lapses but nothing out of the ordinary…yet.
As long as you have a newer device (within the last 2 years) and it’s not super full you should be fine.
Is there a maximum? 6000, 7000, 8000?
I believe it’s around 7500
I think my main beef with building these attractions is the length of time for each step. Since it will take doing it 2x for most of the steps, having it go for 6 or 8 hours is a serious blunder on EA’s part as there is really nothing to do in the meantime to collect the required items to level up or quests for other characters not used in the levels of the attractions to gain mistletoe (besides tapping on the revelers, which rarely tells me when I’ve tapped them all unless I go to Krustyland or tap on the buildings to chug along for gaining more monorail tracks…EA also needs to have some way of trading tracks you don’t need for ones you do. I’ve got 70 curved and 50 s tracks just sitting there, never to be used, so it would be nice to be able to trade them in for straight track pieces). This event is, IMHO, quite boring and tedious and for part 2 to go on for 2 weeks is a bit much. They should really have more smaller quests (shorter amount of time) to give us more to do and make the event more than just scroll, scroll, scroll, tap, tap, tap, yawn, yawn, yawn.
Has anyone else noticed the new North Pole monorail station for 160 donuts? The info star say it comes with 18 track pieces too.
So…the Petting Zoo expansions don’t add any value other than humor factor? No hidden bonus, no cash earned? Pass.
They added a 0.5% conformity bonus for me. Plus they’re hilarious, and you can create your very own zoo with them 🙂
I really like the Wooly Mamoth. Not expensive and a funny addition to the pet zoo.
In my game, the task for Make Pessimists Predict a Reindeer Extinction Event says 0/8 not 0/5. Was there a typo in this post or is it a typo in the game? I won’t get to this task until 3pm EST, so I won’t know which one is right until then.
My finger hit wrong key. 8
I’d be more annoyed that you can’t complete the first stage of part 2 of the reindeer truck in one go, even if you have the related premium character, if I actually had that character. I also can’t complete the stage of the exotic petting zoo that I’m I’m in one go, because I don’t have the premium character for that either. Both of which are very inconvenient, because I’ll be driving to NYC when it’s time to send those characters on the tasks again to compete them, which means I’m gonna be pretty behind by tomorrow morning. 🙁
The one bright spot is that I hadn’t noticed that the irregular tree farm gave mistletoe, so I haven’t built it before ask if the comments came in about that bug. So, I escaped that problem! 🙂
Sandra, if you haven’t hit the road yet – map out where a McDonalds or Starbucks is located along your travel route. Free WiF at those places. Tell your travel partner “I gotta go!” when the Event Clock hits zero. They don’t need to know that you mean that you MUST go and acquire WiFi.
Lol – no travel partner, and I did manage to get some “important” tapping done at a highway rest area. But thanks! 🙂
Drive safely!😊😊
Wow I wish people would just read before they post I mean come on people have the addicts ever stir you wrong great job Bunny, Alissa, and Wookiee.
They have shaken, but not stirred, me, that’s right. 😉
I’mma just steer my butt out of here before you send a steer after me…..
I have a terrible bug. Yesterday my game was closed hardly, and since then when I start TSTO shows my account and my level 59, but when I tap to continue, the first video (Homer blowing the city) starts and when the video is over, it comes a connection failure… What can i do? :S
toaddicts.com/2014/07/05/troubleshooting-101-my-game-went-back-to-level-1/
Laughing my way through this GAME. Interestingly, “Frink” is not a “Braniacs” , just as “Uter” is not a “Glutton” – perhaps EA wants us to purchase more Premium characters? But where or where are we going to get even a portion of the donuts needed to buy those Premiums? 😇😇😇
They still are… just limited use of them for tasks
My tongue was to far in my cheek. Sorry.
We have been getting LOTS of free donuts recently. Seems to me that restricting which Premiums can assist in the current tasks is an incentive to spend those recently acquired donuts.
Hey, about the Weekly Challenges…
LOL! Just kidding! 🙂
I do have a quick question, though – what is the difference between “Boardwalk” and “Boardwalk Edge”, and ditto for Pier? I’ve never seen that on one of your “Where can I place it?” things before…?
It means beach(edge) and tiles in the water boardwalk (Springfield) and pier (heights)
I got to start the Reindeer Burger truck in the middle of lvl 2 Exotic Zoo 😄
Exotic Petting Zoo –
I’m on the last of the Level 3 Tasks ( Make Entrepreneurs Invest in Animal Costumes) …. Unfortunately, you also need Comic Book Guy for the Tasks on the.Reindeer Burger Truck (be patient, don’t waste Donuts trying to speed up Character Tasks)
Reindeer Burger Truck –
even without Comic Book Guy? The Tasks for each Level can be completed (and Tappers earn Holly (yay!) 🙂
Thanks for this info on the upgrades, takes the guesswork out of which characters from each group can be used. 🙂
My concern is the weekly challenges. It’s saying they want you to craft the Xmas trees slightly irregular. I did this previously and can’t craft another. They won’t accept my previously crafted item. Does this mean I am out of luck with the 20 donuts at the end of the week? Thanks.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/12/20/christmas-trees-slightly-irregular-week-3-challenge-bug/
I have a question regarding the weekday tasks. Today (Dec 21) you get 300 bows for crafting the irregular Xmas trees. I’ve al ready done that, so the game won’t give me the bows. I’ve tried putting the tree shop into inventory and back again but that won’t work. Anyone have suggestions?
Will I forced to go without my 20 bonus donuts this week? :'(
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/12/20/christmas-trees-slightly-irregular-week-3-challenge-bug/
For the new weekly challenge, I already have the irregular tree crafted but it’s not counting it and won’t let me craft a new one.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/12/20/christmas-trees-slightly-irregular-week-3-challenge-bug/
Why doesn’t Uter count as a glutton?
As you can see… the ACTUAL Characters used from the groups are very specific. Not all can be used. No info as to why they chose specifics. Maybe to leave some for other items like Squishee Station or tasks
Have a question maybe you can help.. Today’s daily task to craft and place the slightly tilted Christmas tree or whatever it is and place… I already have it and it won’t let me craft it again.. Does this mean I can’t complete my weekly challenge?
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/12/20/christmas-trees-slightly-irregular-week-3-challenge-bug/
OK people…it’s not that hard to read the posts these guys put up. You made it this far into the topic and can’t read the words that tell you exactly what’s going on with said situation. You’re not just wasting your time, but my time and the good peoples that run this site. Read the posts and the replies, it is why you came here right?